Editor’s Note: This article and the above spread appears in the Spring 2026 edition of Bates Magazine. See below for a web-friendly version. David Omasombo ’26 and Chiwer Mayen ’26 have shared many ...

When Jonah Yaffe ’26 of Dallas got a serious concussion this spring, his activities were immediately limited. Luckily, he had a low-impact but very sweet new hobby that took up enormous amounts of ...

We invite incoming Bates families and their students from the New York City area to join us to meet and make connections. Get to know your fellow Bobcats, hear from current Bates families, and expand ...

Two Bates faculty members, both in the Department of English, have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced that Jessica Anthony ’96, senior ...

The application pool for the Class of 2030 is the largest in Bates’ history with a total of 12,009 applicants seeking admission for the 2026-2027 academic year. This marks only the second time the ...

Nine members of the faculty have received promotions, including seven tenure awards, effective Feb. 6. The promotions were recommended by the Faculty Personnel Committee and approved by the Bates ...

It’s been a century and a half since Bates played host to the first football game in Maine. In 1875, the first game was a roughhouse affair, against Tufts, with a rudimentary set of rules but a ...

On a balmy Friday morning in mid-July, a research team of five from Bates scrambled across the slippery rocks of Cape Neddick, searching the rockweed-coated landscape for the shiny, dark, ...

Bates College is proud to partner with QuestBridge, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that connects high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds with leading institutions of higher ...

The Bates College Museum of Art opens a major show on June 6, Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing, featuring a visual adventure through the long career of the artist and illustrator. It runs through Oct ...

At the start of her Bates Commencement address, Angela Duckworth asked President Garry W. Jenkins to hold her phone, to avoid potential distractions. Then, Duckworth asked Jenkins to give her his ...

Today, some 50 years after the first Puddle Jump, three of the event’s founders — Chris Callahan ’78, Scott Copeland ’78, and Lars Llorente ’78 — returned to campus to kick off this year’s edition.